Loss of site: Organizational site moves as organizational deaths

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 115-152

  Milligan, Melinda J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational restructuring; Spatial management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947422972     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330310790615     Document Type: Article

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